The most koselig of seasons is here and many of us are heading back to school. Believing that learning should be a fun lifelong experience, Norway House is partnering with Mindekirken’s Norwegian Language and Culture Program to showcase many of the learning opportunities and other programs available at Norway Block all throughout the year.

The Honorable Masud Gharahkhani—President of the Norwegian Parliament and Member of Parliament for Buskerud (Labour Party)—will attend Mindekirken’s bilingual Sunday service at 10:00am. Following the service, Mindekirken will host Kirkekaffe (church coffee) at Norway House, immediately adjacent to Mindekirken, across the parking lot. Mindekirken suggests a donation of $10 for Kirkekaffe.

Mindekirken norskeklubben is a Norwegian language and culture group for kids around ages 5 to 12 that explores the theme sanger og fortellinger (songs and stories). With an informal structure, activities may include games, songs, art projects, and dramatic play.

Registration is required, but it is FREE to attend.

Mindekirken norskeklubben is a Norwegian language and culture group for kids around ages 5 to 12 that explores the theme sanger og fortellinger (songs and stories). With an informal structure, activities may include games, songs, art projects, and dramatic play.

Registration is required, but it is FREE to attend.

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Our Spring Grove friends join the community at our neighbor Mindeirken for a tour of the historic church and to stay for lunch and the program of the week:
Mary Rosendahl—food scientist, quilter, and certified autobiography instructor. Mary enjoys marrying her interests in food and quilting with family history to help others create family keepsakes.

Mindekirken norskeklubben is a Norwegian language and culture group for kids around ages 5 to 12 that explores the theme sanger og fortellinger (songs and stories). With an informal structure, activities may include games, songs, art projects, and dramatic play.

Registration is required, but it is FREE to attend.

Presented by the Norwegian Glee Club of Minneapolis

Seatings at 12:30pm, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm

$29 | General Registration
$10 | Ages 7-12
6 & under are free

Join our dear friends at Mindekirken for their weekly lunch and lecture program, featuring Steve Larson—a public speaker and entertainer who grew up in Thief River Falls, MN, graduated from Bemidji State University, and currently lives in Tonka Bay on Lake Minnetonka. He was a sportscaster for 10 years, owned a photography studio for 33 years in Grafton, ND, and portrayed Buddy Holly in the group Rock ’N Roll Heaven. Steve has been married to his high school sweetheart for 49 years and has three children along with eight grandchildren.

Steve will give a unique, nostalgic audio/visual presentation where “cardboard comes to life” through stories and songs, utilizing Steve’s extensive sports card collection. Join us for an entertaining trip down “memory lane” emphasizing baseball, while embracing many facets of life. Wear your favorite team’s baseball gear for TOH!!!

Take me out to the ballgame!

Join our dear friends at Mindekirken for their weekly lunch and lecture program, featuring Ellen Hofsø—author of nine popular fiction books providing glimpses into the lived experiences of the Sami in Scandinavia.

Her most recent book—Messe for de navnløse (A Mass for the Nameless)—was inspired by a mass held by Pastor Gunnar Kristiansen in 2004. Having taken place on a cemetery in Gildeskål, Norway, the mass was for all of the Sami who were buried in an unmarked mass grave. The presentation will be held in a style that is called bokbad (book bath) in Norway, where Ellen Hofsø and Pastor Gunnar will engage in a dialogue about her book.

Mindekirken norskeklubben is a Norwegian language and culture group for kids around ages 5 to 12 that explores the theme sanger og fortellinger (songs and stories). With an informal structure, activities may include games, songs, art projects, and dramatic play.

Registration is required, but it is FREE to attend.

Kim Donaldson is a storyteller interested in Genealogy, History, Photography and Travel since a young girl. She has been archiving vintage photography and old family stories for years. Magnus and Gina: Unbeaten by the North Dakota Prairie is a nonprofit philanthropy project for the National Association of the Deaf. Kim is the great granddaughter of Magnus and Gina.

Buffet Style: Adults $15, Families $30
Reservations required; pay at the door (cash or check, please)

Mindekirken norskeklubben is a Norwegian language and culture group for kids around ages 5 to 12 that explores the theme sanger og fortellinger (songs and stories). With an informal structure, activities may include games, songs, art projects, and dramatic play.

Registration is required, but it is FREE to attend.

A Scandinavian tradition that goes back hundreds of years featuring children pre-k through high school. The pageant is part of the December 10 service.

Dinners prepared and served jointly by Mindekirken volunteers & Norwegian Glee Club members.

Seatings at 12:30pm, 2:30pm, and 4:30pm

Adult $26
Child 7-12 $11
6 & under are free

Registration Deadline: Nov 12, 2023.

Mindekirken invites children of all ages - pre-K through high school - to participate in our annual Santa Lucia Pageant.

Children will participate in a Scandinavian tradition that goes back hundreds of years, while learning how to sing and perform as an ensemble with other children. Santa Lucia is a great way of introducing another language to children, with songs and texts in both Norwegian and English. No Norwegian experience is necessary.

Rehearsals begin on Sunday, November 5 from 1:00-2:45 pm, and continue each Sunday until the pageant on December 10 during the 11am service.

Participation is free.

One of Mindekirken’s biggest annual fundraisers—enjoy a fun day of shopping leading up to the holidays. There will be hand-knits, a cafeteria with open-faced sandwiches and bløtkake, Norwegian sweaters, bunads, gifts, candy, chocolate, and more!

Mindekirken's popular Tuesday Open House welcomes Cheryl Paschke on the Swedish nyckelharpa.

A panel discussion between cross-cultural and bilingual churches in Minnesota and members of their communities

Sermon by guest Pastor Asefa Wakjira, from fellow ELCA church Our Redeemer Oromo Evangelical Church, and greetings from the Honorary Consul of Finland in Minneapolis, Elaine M. Kumpula. A flag recessional will close the service.

Special music from John De Haan, the Mindekirken Choir, Tjärnblom 2, and David Fillman.

Mindekirken's popular Tuesday Open House welcomes trumpeter Kai Roberts back to Minnesota.

Icelandic-Norwegian Jónína Erna Arnardóttir and Morten Fagerli astound with four-handed piano.

Special music from the Kai Robert Johansen, Cheryl Paschke, and the Mindekirken Choir. Greetings from the Danish and Norwegian Consuls.

Work from Minnesota poets Sharon Chmielarz, Dianne Jarvenpa, and Bill Holm, plus folk music by Tj2.

The Oslo Chamber Choir was founded in 1984 by Grete Pedersen with the ambition of being one of the absolute top choirs in Norway and an innovative voice in the international arena. Parallel to singing classical repertoire, the choir early started experimenting with Norwegian folk music, and through intensive work together with the best performers in this tradition, the Oslo Chamber Choir has acquired a unique expression by being the only choir where all the singers are profoundly trained in Norwegian folk music singing. During these thirty years of studying Norwegian singing, the choir also worked closely with selected composers who specialized in Norwegian folk music, developing a new way of using this music in a choral setting.

Norwegian multi-instrumentalists capture their culture’s rich hymn tradition with a contemporary flair.